Senate Commerce Sets Privacy Hearing Wednesday

The Senate Commerce Committee plans a privacy hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m. in 253 Russell, Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., announced. The focus is consumer privacy rights, FTC resources, the potential for a new privacy bureau and federal privacy legislation. Witnesses are ex-FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, now at Baker Botts; ex-FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Director David Vladeck, now at Georgetown Law; ex-FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani, now an independent researcher; and ACT|The App Association President Morgan Reed. The Consumer Protection Subcommittee set a hearing Thursday at 10:30 a.m. on Facebook, Instagram and kids’ mental health. Facebook Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis will testify.